^ Aha! Yes, I have the soundtrack of Oh Brother somewhere around....

I agree, Safe As Milk is the best place to start; his first album, accesible but extraordinary too. It was apparently a personal favourite of John Lennon´s.

After that you might like to jump forward to Clear Spot and The Spotlight Kid, Pet_Sounds. They are solid albums that are easier to get into than TMR, which does require some dedication although it is undoubtedly his masterpiece. I´d be curious to know how you get on, so please keep us posted, ok?

Nice Safe As Milk trivia you noted there, Lisnaholic -- Lennon was a SAM fan (see photo in which John has two of the SAM bumper stickers on a cabinet in his Weybridge home) and so was George Harrison (see sticker behind George on the door of his Esher bungalow).

http://www.beefheart.com/wp-content/.../lennonsam.jpg
http://www.beefheart.com/wp-content/...12/06/157.jpeg

lol ! Where did you find two such obscure but right on the nail photos ?? That´s extraordinary! I see that JL is reading the international times. Back in the day that was the hippie newspaper in the UK !

I wanna go again if we are doing another round :D

You're in the lineup to go again, you can find it in the OP. I'm moving ribbons to the top of the list since she says she has a battle picked out.

I found both photos on the Beefheart site right here: Safe As Milk discography » Captain Beefheart Radar Station I've seen variations of that photo of George at his bungalow door on different Beatles blogs. The first time I saw that pic of John in his sun room was in Nicholas Schaffner’s book The Beatles Forever. I recall first reading about the International Times in that book. By the way, Lisna (although you may already know this), the IT was brought back as a web site a few years ago: IT | International Times I wouldn’t have minded being a UK hippie in the ‘60s! :)

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Let's keep the current battle going for a few more days before we move on.

My apologies for misunderstanding. The current score is:

I'm the only one for Ralph... if you put the lyrical content aside you guys still like Son House better? His voice is pretty abrasive to me.